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South Carolina General Assembly

Index South Carolina General Assembly

The South Carolina General Assembly, also called the South Carolina Legislature, is the state legislature of the U.S. state of South Carolina. [1]

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A. Shane Massey

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Columbia, South Carolina

Columbia is the capital and second largest city of the U.S. state of South Carolina, with a population estimate of 134,309 as of 2016.

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Constitution of South Carolina

The Constitution of the State of South Carolina is the governing document of the U.S. state of South Carolina.

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County council

A county council is the elected administrative body governing an area known as a county.

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Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party (nicknamed the GOP for Grand Old Party).

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Gary Simrill

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Hugh Leatherman

Hugh K. Leatherman Sr. (born April 14, 1931) is a Republican member of the South Carolina Senate, serving since 1981.

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Jay Lucas

James Howle "Jay" Lucas (born August 11, 1957) is an American politician and attorney.

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Kevin L. Bryant

Kevin L. Bryant (born February 19, 1967) is an American politician, pharmacist, and businessman.

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Lower house

A lower house is one of two chambers of a bicameral legislature, the other chamber being the upper house.

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Nikki G. Setzler

Nikki G. Setzler (born August 7, 1945) is a Democratic member of the South Carolina Senate, representing the 26th District since 1976.

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President of the Senate

The President of the Senate is a title often given to the presiding officer of a senate, and is the speaker of other assemblies.

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President pro tempore

A president pro tempore or speaker pro tempore is a constitutionally recognized officer of a legislative body who presides over the chamber in the absence of the normal presiding officer.

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Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party, also referred to as the GOP (abbreviation for Grand Old Party), is one of the two major political parties in the United States, the other being its historic rival, the Democratic Party.

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Reynolds v. Sims

Reynolds v. Sims, was a United States Supreme Court case that ruled that unlike in the election of the United States Senate, in the election of any chamber of a state legislature the electoral districts must be roughly equal in population (thus negating the traditional function of a State Senate, which was to allow rural counties to counterbalance large towns and cities).

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South Carolina

South Carolina is a U.S. state in the southeastern region of the United States.

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South Carolina Code of Laws

The English Royal Charter of March 1663 that handed the eight Lords' Proprietors of Carolina the land composing of modern-day North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia spurred an actual colonizing expedition and the drafting of a founding constitution.

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South Carolina House of Representatives

The South Carolina House of Representatives is the lower house of the South Carolina General Assembly, the upper house being the South Carolina Senate.

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South Carolina Senate

The South Carolina Senate is the upper house of the South Carolina General Assembly, the lower house being the South Carolina House of Representatives.

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South Carolina State House

The South Carolina State House is the building housing the government of the U.S. state of South Carolina.

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Speaker (politics)

The speaker of a deliberative assembly, especially a legislative body, is its presiding officer, or the chair.

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State legislature (United States)

A state legislature in the United States is the legislative body of any of the 50 U.S. states.

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Supreme Court of the United States

The Supreme Court of the United States (sometimes colloquially referred to by the acronym SCOTUS) is the highest federal court of the United States.

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Term limits in the United States

Term limits in the United States apply to many offices at both the federal and state level, and date back to the American Revolution.

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Todd Rutherford

James Todd Rutherford (born October 10, 1970 in Columbia, South Carolina) is a Democratic member of the South Carolina House of Representatives, representing the 74th District since 1999.

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U.S. state

A state is a constituent political entity of the United States.

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Upper house

An upper house is one of two chambers of a bicameral legislature (or one of three chambers of a tricameral legislature), the other chamber being the lower house.

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Legislature of South Carolina, South Carolina Assembly, South Carolina Legislature, South Carolina State Legislature, South Carolina legislature, South Carolina state legislature.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Carolina_General_Assembly

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